THE GUARDIAN
 
Motorist held in Osaka on suspicion of attempted murder after seven children injured, according to local media
Police in the Japanese city of Osaka have arrested a man on suspicion of attempted murder after he drove his car into seven schoolchildren, according to local media.
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BBC
 
One of Japan's busiest bullet train lines came to a halt after a snake tangled itself in a power line, causing a power outage.
Tokaido Shinkansen trains running between Tokyo and Osaka were suspended from around 17:25 local time on Wednesday.
Services resumed at around 19:00 local time, ope...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Shouting “banzai!” or “live long,” thousands of people gathered in a Tokyo park on Thursday and marched through the streets to the banging of traditional drums, as Japan kicked off celebrations to mark May Day.
The holiday, also known as International Workers' Day or Labor Day, mark...

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NIPPON
 
Former leaders of Japan's junior ruling party Komeito held talks with a senior official of the Communist Party of China in Beijing on Wednesday.
At the meeting, Natsuo Yamaguchi and Keiichi Ishii, former heads of Komeito, the junior coalition partner of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic ...

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ASIA NEWS NETWORK
 
During the meeting, LDP Secretary General Hiroshi Moriyama, who chairs the parliamentary group, said, “We would like to show concrete results and make efforts on both sides so that the people of Japan and China can feel happy about the development of Japan-China relations.”
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KYODO NEWS
 
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Wednesday he succeeded in building "relations of trust" with the leaderships in Vietnam and the Philippines during his trip to the two Southeast Asian nations.
Ishiba told reporters in Manila before he left for Tokyo that his four-day trip ...

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ASIA NEWS NETWORK
 
The research aims to confirm whether the checked meat has abnormalities through AI analysis of photographs.
The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry plans to start research this fiscal year on artificial intelligence programs for checking whether meat is safe for consumption bef...

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NIPPON
 
Hiroshi Moriyama, secretary-general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, on Tuesday called for concrete results on pending issues between Japan and China, apparently referring to Tokyo's demand that Beijing remove its restrictions on imports of Japanese fisheries products.
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KYODO NEWS
 
Japanese people now have more options than ever if they wish to have a funeral for, or with, their pet -- be it a dog, cat or even a bug.
Demand for joint burials with pets has grown in recent years despite religious prohibitions, with one pioneer company in Tokyo providing "with pet...

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KYODO NEWS
 
Shinkansen bullet train services in western Japan were halted Monday evening after a person was hit by a train in Hiroshima Prefecture, JR West said.
The incident, which occurred between Fukuyama and Shin-Onomichi stations, led to the suspension of bullet train operations between Shi...

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